This Italian constructed a telescope that could see the fiery spots of the Sun and the mountains of the moon.
Who is Galileo?
100
This thinker believed that everyone starts as a "tabula rasa" (blank slate) and therefore all knowledge comes from experience and perception.
Who is Locke?
100
This principle, Newton taught, causes the planets to stay in orbit.
What is gravity?
100
This was another name for the Enlightenment.
What is the Age of Reason?
100
"I think, therefore I am" is this scientist's most famous quote.
Who is Descartes?
200
This Ancient Greek scientist believed that the universe revolved around the Earth.
Who is Ptolemy?
200
This famed writer criticized the clergy, the aristocracy, and the French government.
Who is Voltaire?
200
This theory describes the universe as revolving around the Sun.
What is the heliocentric theory?
200
This Enlightenment thinker believed that direct democracy was the best form of government.
Who is Montesquieu?
200
The Roman Catholic Church agreed with this scientist's view of the universe.
Who is Ptolemy?
300
This Brit formulated three laws of motion.
Who is Newton?
300
This philosophe published ideas about separation of powers in regards to government.
Who is Montesquieu?
300
This theory described the universe as revolving around the Earth.
What is the geocentric theory?
300
This Enlightenment thinker was greatly influenced by living through the English Civil War.
Who is Hobbes?
300
The Scientific Revolution took place during these two centuries.
What are the 15th and 16th?
400
This astronomer formulated a model of the solar system with the Earth and other planets orbiting the Sun.
Who is Copernicus?
400
He believed that people are naturally selfish and that a ruler needs total power in order to keep order.
Who is Hobbes?
400
These impressive sights were what Galileo was able to see close up from his telescope.
What are the mountains of the moon and the fiery spots of the sun?
400
This Enlightenment thinker lived in England for 2.5 years, which greatly influenced his view of French society.
Who is Voltaire?
400
This is the first step of the Scientific Method.
What is state the problem?
500
This influential mathematician and scientist served as Tycho Brahe's assistant for years.
Who is Kepler?
500
He believed that a social contract was an agreement among free individuals to create a society and a government, which differed from Hobbe's view of a social contract.
Who is Rousseau?
500
This theory states that a person's moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon an agreement among them to form a society and government.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
500
These are the three natural rights that John Locke argued all people are born with.
What are life, liberty, and property?
500
This Danish scientist was able to provide evidence to prove Copernicus' heliocentric theory.